Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], John Downs, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Downs, John
Dis.
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Downs, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 65.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt.: 3 d
Disability: affected with weakness in his breast, blood-spitting, and a general debility, occasioned by great hardships sustained while in service, in 1781.
Date of certificate: Oct. 4, 1792
Monthly allowance: $ 5.00
Arrears due: $150.00
Remark: Discharged June 10, 1783
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fm. Rev. War Section.
January 22, 1915.
Mrs. L. C. Heely, 165 West 140th Street. New York City.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 18" instant, you are advised that from the records of this Bureau it appears that John Downs served as a Sergeant in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's 3rd Connecticut regiment; that he enlisted March 20, 1777, served until June 10, 1783, and was allowed pension from September 4, 1794, under the Act of February 2, 1798, on account of weakness in the breast, spitting of blood and general debility from hardships suffered in the service in 1781, at Yorktown.
He was at one time a resident of Huntington, Connecticut.
There is no data on file relative to family.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgeber, Commissioner.

fr. Rev. War Section.
December 1, 1914.
Mrs. Charles O. Norton, Kearney, Nebraska.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 24 th ultimo, you are advised that from the records of this Bureau it appears that John Downs served as a Sergeant in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's 3d Connecticut regiment; that he enlisted March 20, 1777, continued in the service to the end of the war, and was allowed pension from September 4, 1794, under the Act of February 2, 1795, on account of weakness in the breast, spitting of blood, and general debility from hardships suffered in the service.
There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner.
Don't send this. Letter revised See carbon under date of Jan 22, 1915. fr.

JWA
165 N 140 th St.
Department of the Interior New York N.Y. Bureau of Pensions Jan. 18 '15. Rev. War. Records Section.
Kindly send me copy of Pension Certificate of Revolutionary Soldier
John Howans in Conn. militia.
No residence given.
Have hopes of locating him.
Respectfully.
(Mrs) L. C. Healy.

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MRS. CHAS. O. NORTON
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Nov 24th 1914-
To the -- Commissioner of Pensions-- Washington. D. C.-
Dear Sir;-
Will you please send me- copy of Pension application- with all the Family data- for John Downs- of Conn-
John Downs, enlisted 1775, and served in the N.Y. Campaign, in Col David Waterbury's command, and in 1777, was in Col. Joseph Thomson's regiment, of Militia, to re-enforce the army at Peekskill.
He was also Sergeant, in Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment under LAFAYETTE, in the SOUTH, and his name is on the INVALID PENSION LIST-
Am sure the above will cite you to the desired John Downs- Yours early reply, will be appreciated-
Most respectfully-
E. G. Norton, (Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton)

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Aug. 10, 1906
N.Y.C.

Downs, John
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 114.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt: 3 d Connecticut
Disability: Weakness in his breast, blood spitting, and general debility, from hardships suffered in service.
Residence: Huntington.
Monthly allowance: $5.00
Arrearages: $150.00
Remarks: Enlisted March 20, 1777, and continued to the end of the war. Q.W.

Nov 2 1906 Nov Nov

Downs, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 154
Rank; Orderly-Sergeant
Regt; Col. Samuel B. Webb's
Disability; Spits blood frequently, and has ulcerated lungs, in consequence of a strain by drawing of cannon, and of a violent shock he sustained by falling or leaping over a redoubt
When and where disabled; Yorktown
Residence; Huntington.
Remarks; Enlisted Aug. 1780; on the rolls in 1782.
Evidence complete, excepting that the examining physicians do not precisely state the degree of his disability
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